The site has been the source of some key exclusives including the leaking of the official Beijing 2008 Olympic Games logo and providing information before it was due to be released to the public.

[1] The logo was leaked ahead of a planned unveiling of the coveted brand that had been delayed by the SARS epidemic, and the website received international criticism for the publication.

In 2013 GamesBids.com was given a rare accreditation to report from Turkmenistan, a country that does not issue journalist visas [11] GamesBids.com has interviewed many prominent figures connected with sport, politics and royalty.

In 2019 the website had a rare exclusive interview with Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden during the Stockholm 2026 Olympic bid campaign.

[18] BidIndex for the 2022 Winter Olympics, which normally is issued during the early days of the application phase, have been delayed due to the volatility of the field of contestants.

GamesBids.com was founded in 1998 [22] as an Olympic bid news and information web site created in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, by Robert Livingstone.